Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2016, France's population change increased by 0.0% compared to 2015, reaching 8.9.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.2.

France ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 6.0% (from 8.4 in 2011).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_gind, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.